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OPERA GLASS HOLDER.

Patented ADI. 1, 1890.v

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

LOUIS IV. LEVY, OF NEW YORK, AND JOSEPH U. GEROV, OF BROoOKLYN, ASSIGNORS TO LEVY, DREYFUS d: CO., OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

OPERA-GLASS HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,611, dated April 1, 1890.

Application filed October 26, 1889. Serial No. 328,283. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that we, LOUIS W. LEVY, of the city, county, and State of New York, and JOSEPH U. GEROW, of Brooklyn, in the county ot' Kings and State of New York, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Opera- Glass Holders, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to that class of devices that are used for holding opera-glasses; and the object of our invention is to provide an opera-glass holder which is simplein construction, strong, and durable, and which can be used for holding various toilet articles, such as a button-hook, a bottle of perfumery, or pencils and the like.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts and details, as will 2o be fully described hereinafter, and finally be pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of our improved opera-glass holder. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing a modified construction. Fig. 3 is a side view showing a modified construct-ion. Fig. 4 is a detail' view showing the clamp of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line 0c Fig. l. Fig. (i is a side view of a telescopic holder.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The tube A, which may be provided with any desired exterior ornamentation, is provided at its upper end with an interior screwthread, which engages the serrated or screwthreaded side edges of a plate B, which is passed through a slot in the lower end ot' a rod O, provided at its upper end with a hook 4o C', and is also passed through longitudinal slots D in a sleeve E, held by a suitable con- -trivance in the upper end ot' the tube A and p'rovided with an upwardly-projeeting part F, having a suitable head G and recess G. Notches II are formed in the upper end of the sleeve E to form a suitable abutment. The cross-piece m, uniting the outer ends of the lens -tubes of the opera-glass, is placed on the sleeve E in such a manner that its bottom edges rest in notches H, and then the tube A is turned in such a manner as to move the screw-plate B downward, whereby the hook C is pressed against the upper edge of said plate, uniting the outer ends of the lenstubes, whereby the opera-glass is held securely. As shown in Fig. 2, notches H may be formed in the under side of the head G, and the hook O is reversed. To hold the opera-glass with this construction, the upper edge of the cross-piece qu. is placed in the 6o notches H', and the tube A is turned in such a manner as to move the screw-plate B and the rod C upward, so as to press the hook on the upper end of the rod C against the bottom edge of said cross-piece m of the lenstubes. lVitheither construction the operaglass is held securely and can be attached or detached easily and rapidly.

The hook-rod C is entirely within the sleeve E and does not project from the same, thus 7o permitting of sliding said sleeve into a tube in case a telescopic holderis desired. In that case the sleeve E would beheld in the manner described on a tube adapted to slide into the tube A.

rThe tube A is provided at its lower end with a removable end piece M, to which a button-hook O, pencil I), or a perfumery-bottle Q., or any suitable article, can be attached, thus rendering the lower end of the tube A 8o serviceable as a holder for such articles that are handy and convenient for persons visiting a-theater-for example, a button-hook for closing gloves, a bottle for containing perfumery, cologne-water, or aromatic salts, the.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In an opera-glass holder, the combination, with a tube having an interior screw-thread, 9o ot a screw-plate screwed into said tube, a rod connected with the screw-plate to move in the direction of the length of the tube with said screw-plate, a hook formed on the upper end of said rod, and an abutment formed on the tube, toward and from which abutment the hook on the end oE the rod can be moved, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names roo in presence ot two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS NV. LEVY. JOSEPH U. GEROV.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, W. REIMHERR. 

